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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Talking House transmitter audio upgrade
« on: May 16, 2020, 1123 UTC »
I was rather annoyed with the poor bass response of the TH transmitter (Rev 4.6). OK, poor is an understatement, pretty much everything below 700 Hz or so was missing. I ended up putting a non polarized 1 uF capacitor in parallel with C301 (located near the center of the PCB, it's a green capacitor) which improved the bass response down to around 40 Hz. I also put an equalizer in the audio chain, to help boost the bass a bit more.   Thanks to Dave Richards for pointing me in the right direction.
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Re: Talking House transmitter audio upgrade
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2020, 1615 UTC »
Glad you were able to improve the bass response somewhat Chris. I suppose that, given the original intended purpose of these units, we shouldn't be expecting too much in the way of quality audio from them. I have never used one, but picking up a used TH seems like it might be a good way to dabble in Part 15 without breaking the bank. I nearly fell off my chair when I first discovered the price of a Rangemaster!
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Re: Talking House transmitter audio upgrade
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2020, 1958 UTC »
I use a TH transmitter around the homestead and have always felt the bass was weak, so I am grateful you posted your improvement. Just for clarification, by non-polarized, you mean a non-polar (or 'bipolar') electrolytic type, right? Or could one use a common ceramic (or mica or mylar, etc.) fixed, non-polarized type?

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Re: Talking House transmitter audio upgrade
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2020, 2157 UTC »
Quote from: N0TLD on June 10, 2020, 1958 UTC
I use a TH transmitter around the homestead and have always felt the bass was weak, so I am grateful you posted your improvement. Just for clarification, by non-polarized, you mean a non-polar (or 'bipolar') electrolytic type, right? Or could one use a common ceramic (or mica or mylar, etc.) fixed, non-polarized type?

Mike
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Correct.  Not sure what type I used, it was found in one of my junk boxes  :)
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Re: Talking House transmitter audio upgrade
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2020, 0422 UTC »
Oh yes, I'm sure I have something usable in the MANY junk boxes around here as well! :) Thanks for the clarification.


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Re: Talking House transmitter audio upgrade? Youtube VID and thread!
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2020, 1808 UTC »
Yeah, really nice Youtube VID on how to stop audio distortion above 2kHz and to improve the auto-tuner. But, what I wanna' know is where did this guy get the schematic for the I Am Radio / Talking House transmitter? I've been wanting that for years. And, of course he's using a nice 100MHz o'scope and what was a $15k Orban optimod.         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mSZn5cPX5E&feature=youtu.be
UPDATE: Boomer just linked me into the thread for that here,     https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=131621
« Last Edit: September 09, 2020, 1812 UTC by ThaDood »
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